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ERIC Number: EJ673745
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Mathematics Didn't Just Happen.
Lightner, James E.
Mathematics Teacher, v94 n9 p780-84 Dec 2001
Examines several periods of world history including Greece, the middle ages, and the 17th century to gain a better understanding of the development of mathematics and share this information with students so that they can learn mathematics as a product of the people who lived their lives surrounded by the cultural influences and distractions of their eras. (KHR)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Instructional Materials, Mathematicians, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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